TCE Art Studio Practice Level 3

TCE Art Studio Practice Level 3

What will I learn?

This course is designed to give students who have successfully completed the pre-tertiary Visual Art Level 3 syllabus the opportunity to extend and develop their art practice. The emphasis is on challenging the student to engage in reflective and critical analysis of their own art and the artwork of others. Students will negotiate a proposal for self-directed learning, that they will follow throughout the year, with the teacher as facilitator. Involvement with local, national and international art communities is a fundamental element of the inquiry carried out by each student. Documentation of work processes and research will be kept in a visual journal. 

COURSE CONTENT

This course consists of two compulsory areas of learning:

1. Conceptual knowledge
2. Practice

CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE

Research - Active Investigation

Research will be undertaken within the local, national and international art community through exhibitions, events, reviews and interviews with artists, curators, gallery directors, Arts administrators. This will be documented in the form of three investigations

Critical Analysis

Learners will undertake investigation and analysis of conceptual theories and issues in local, historical and contemporary contexts as they relate to and inform their own proposal and studio practice.

Learners will produce one major research paper with a minimum of 3,500 words. 

Learners will use the paper to demonstrate the depth and complexity of their conceptual knowledge.

Reflection

The learner will accumulate information in support of a sustained practice that reflects the aim of the research proposal. This will be evident through:

1. Journal documentation and support work
2. Production of a Visual Schematic Overview
3. Formalised critical appraisal and evaluation
4. Learner’s artist statement consisting of 150 – 300 words

PRACTICE

Proposal

The learner will develop a research proposal for studio practice in negotiation with their facilitator. The proposal will culminate in an exhibition.

Studio Practice

Process documentation will be sustained through reflective commentary and the experimentation and exploration of media and techniques.

Studio specialisation will occur that demonstrates the learner’s depth and complexity of conceptual understanding.

It will reflect sustained practical rigour and engagement based upon the aims of the research proposal.

The learner will present a body of resolved art work for exhibition. The scope of the body of art work will be dependent on issues such as selected media, but will reflect the size value of this course.

Exhibition

Learners will be required to act autonomously in assuming complete responsibility for the creative design, organisation and installation of their exhibition. The exhibition of work will include:

• preparation incorporated into the negotiated proposal
• planning for allocation of appropriate time and resources
• the design and hanging of the exhibition
• presentation of process documentation
• display of learner’s artist statement

On successful completion of this course, learners will:

• design, manage and implement to resolution a studio exhibition
• communicate artistic concepts
• critique own art, and the art work of others
• apply artistic judgements to resolve aesthetic and conceptual issues
• understand historical and contemporary art issues, their impact on society, artists and own art works
• apply the principles of reflective practice and academic integrity
• use artistic techniques, media and technologies to create art works
• work autonomously, and collaboratively with others

Why should I consider this course?

• You want to continue to develop your art practice 
• You want to find out more about the local, national and international Art world? 
• You want to engage in a course that enhances pathways from senior secondary to tertiary studies in the visual arts as you develop your conceptual and analytical research skills. 
• Art Studio Practice provides an opportunity for learners who have completed Visual Art Level 3 to continue their art practice at the Level 3 complexity and thus extend the breadth and depth of their learning. The course allows learners to either continue practice in a studio/discipline area or to explore a new studio/discipline area within the context of creating and refining an exhibition proposal for a body of work, and completing it to resolution.

What Skills does this course provide?

On successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• critique own art, and the art work of others
• apply artistic judgements to resolve aesthetic and conceptual issues
• understand historical and contemporary art issues, their impact on society, artists and own art works
• apply the principles of reflective practice and academic integrity
• use artistic techniques, media and technologies to create art works
• work autonomously, and collaboratively with others
• design, manage and implement to resolution a studio exhibition
• communicate artistic concepts

What Pathway Options does this course provide?

• Learners who have successfully completed Visual Art Level 3 are well placed to undertake Art Studio Practice
• Students who complete Art Studio Practice Level 3 are prepared  for the study of visual arts at tertiary level
• Art Studio Practice Level 3 has been developed for learners seeking a pathway to a career within the visual arts and creative industries
• The course encourages learners to develop problem-solving skills together with creative and analytical ways of thinking, attributes that are valuable in any career